Tag: sin

When The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Isn’t

12/16/2014Gospel, Holidays, Sharing the Gospel, , , , , , , , , , , , , 8 Comments

There was nothing unusual about her, she wasn’t much older than my own children and we exchanged smiles as Brian and I moved into the empty seats next to her. She didn’t sing during worship, but not everyone does. She shook my hand when we exchanged “Merry Christmas” greetings with our neighbors.

Then, the pastor started his sermon, “Christmas! The most wonderful time of the year… except when it isn’t” and she started to cry. Things weren’t wonderful continue here

Correct Currency

12/09/2014Gospel, Holidays, Sharing the Gospel, , , 10 Comments

blog104pic12_09_2014There are only 15 shopping days left till Christmas! Some of you have finished and all your gifts are wrapped and under the tree while some of us are still trying to find our way to the mall.

Imagine if you had completed all your shopping in one day at one store, had all your perfect selections rung up, and when you handed your money to the cashier you heard, “I’m sorry, we don’t take money.” Next, you pull out your credit card and then your debit card, and you still hear, continue here

Home Inspections!

09/30/2014Spiritual Growth, The Furrowed Brow, , 6 Comments

In preparation to move, we put our house on the market, someone liked it, and we’ve gone under contract. The next step is the home inspection.

We are ready. We disclosed everything we’re aware of. We set out a pot of fresh coffee, bottled water on ice, a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a note welcoming the inspector, the buyers and their realtor.
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Then we left for the afternoon.

We took a little road trip to find more here

Water Works… …Or It Doesn’t

09/19/2014Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Walk, The Furrowed Brow, 6 Comments

I think Brian and I carried a water jinx with us this summer. Not that I believe in luck, good or bad, but it seemed that wherever we went, there was a water issue.

Fact:  We visited mom the first of August, and within a day, the city of Toledo’s automated emergency call service rang in with the dire warning – find more here

It’s Time to Wake Up!

08/12/2014Prayer, The Furrowed Brow, 16 Comments

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The link to the photos was all over social media. I didn’t want to look. I knew my soul would be shocked. I knew my heart would be broken. My finger hovered while I debated, and then I did it; I clicked on the link.

Never in a million years could I have imagined such brutality of man against man. Surely, I thought, the photos are not real. But it appears this is true. This is happening. This is the world we are living in. I wanted to throw up. What did I see? (I must warn you, the following descriptions are graphic.) Continue here